Tim Mitchell is a business intelligence consultant, author, trainer, and Microsoft Data Platform MVP with over thirteen years of data management experience. He is the founder and principal of Tyleris Data Solutions.

Tim has spoken at international and local events including the SQL PASS Summit, SQLBits, SQL Connections, along with dozens of tech fests, code camps, and SQL Saturday events. He is coauthor of the book SSIS Design Patterns, and is a contributing author on MVP Deep Dives 2.

Archives: May 2016

Bad data can kill. Literally. I’m not talking about the impact of bad data on the bottom line of business, where estimates of total losses are usually gauged in the hundreds of billions of dollars per year. Nor am I talking about the inconvenience we all face when presented with… Read more

Before I began my technical career over a decade and a half ago, I spent several years working in law enforcement. In that field, one of the things one must learn quickly is the concept of the chain of custody of evidence. There were numerous procedures we had to follow… Read more

If you are looking for affordable, high-quality training on SQL Server Integration Services, you may be interested in one of the two full-day workshops I have scheduled for August of this year. I’ll be taking my popular course Building Better SSIS Packages on the road to Baton Rouge, Louisiana and… Read more

Three years ago, I left the ranks of full-time employment to become an independent consultant. At the same time, I partnered with Linchpin People, a guild of independent consultants made up of some of the very best practitioners in the database and business intelligence space. Working with Linchpin helped to… Read more